This is an analysis of the poem Song that begins with:
WHEN the warrior returns, from the battle afar,
To the home and the country he nobly defended,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBCCDD bebeaadD bebeaadD fgfgbbddXaBaBCCDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010001001001 0011010110010 11001001001 110011010110 001101101101 001101111001 11001001011 11011101001 110001011001 110010111010 111111011001 011010011010 001101001011 11111111001 11001001011 11011101001 001010011101 1111010011010 11101001001 1010011010110 1110011010001 1010011001001 11001001011 11011101001 11011101001 1100010110110 111101001001 1111110010110 1010111001001 11011001011 11001001001 11011101001 110010001001 0011010110010 101101011001 110011010110 001101101101 001101111001 11001001011 11011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 407
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, how, of, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word brave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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